Goa not even among 25 favourite destinations of Russia
RUSSIA & INDIA REPORT | 04 December 2015 20:17 IST

When Dattaram Sawant, General Manager of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) was in New Delhi last week receiving an award for Goa being voted ‘Favourite Leisure Destination in India’ at the 5th Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards 2015, nobody anticipated a coming storm.
Four days later, a report by the “Times of India” newspaper stating that Russia “struck India off its safe travel destinations list” saw hundreds of publications with misleading headlines in the media. CLICK MORE TO READ
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